Boris Becker’s alleged diplomatic passport of the Central African Republic is becoming increasingly curious.
As the office manager of the Central African Foreign Minister of the French news agency AFP confirmed on Tuesday, the document brought in by Germany’s tennis legend in the current insolvency proceedings in Great Britain is a forgery. Becker had claimed political immunity with the passport, citing his ambassador status.
Already on Monday the Foreign Minister of the Central African Republic, Charles Armel Doubane, had denied in a telephone conversation with the daily Die Welt that Becker enjoys diplomatic status in his country. Doubane explained that his signature was necessary for such a document to be issued. However, he had never signed such documents.
Becker was presented in Brussels at the end of April by President Faustin Archange Touadera and Ambassador Daniel Emery Dede as the Central African “Special Attache for Sport and Cultural Affairs in the European Union”.
Cherubin Moroubama, Doubane’s top-ranking employee in the Foreign Ministry, also explained that the serial number of Becker’s ID card issued in March 2018 is one of several blank documents “stolen in 2014”. Also, his function as “Special Attache for Sport and Cultural Affairs” was not listed on the passport, but rather as a “Commissioner for Financial Matters”. “Mr. Becker’s job description doesn’t exist,” said Moroumba.
The three-time Wimbledon winner Becker had been declared insolvent by a bankruptcy court in London in June 2017 because of unsettled debts. Becker’s lawyer Oliver Moser confirmed at the end of last week to the Sports Information Service (SID) that his client was asserting diplomatic immunity in the course of insolvency proceedings, citing his function as special sports attaché for the Central African Republic.